Episode 80
Year in Review
January 3rd, 2019
1 hr 42 mins 5 secs
About this Episode
Ep. 80 - Year in Review
02Jan2019
Attendees
Matt Slavin, Ervin Lukacs
First Segment - Top Articles of the 2018 (chronologically, Matt’s Picks)
- Boring Company Flamethrower (Jan 28th, Ep. 36)
- https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/27/elon-musks-boring-co-flamethrower-is-real-500-and-up-for-pre-order/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk%27s_Tesla_Roadster
We didnt put an article in the notes, but it happened and its the title
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/02/nra-gives-ajit-pai-courage-award-and-gun-for-saving-the-internet/
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/03/drunk-man-accidentally-takes-1600-uber-from-west-virginia-to-new-jersey/
- Episode 49 celebrated 1 year of podcast (Apr 29th)
- Google I/O 2018 brought Smart Compose, Duplex, Adaptive Battery, and first update via Project Treble, Google Photos Colorization, etc. (09May, Ep 50)
Great Conversation about Workplace burnout (26Jun, Ep 56)
People were shoving MacBook i9 laptops into the freezer (22Jul, Ep 60)Bitconnect de-listed from final crypto-exchange (12Aug, Ep 63)Alex Jones Suspended Permanently from Twitter (12Sep, Ep 67)Apple Event (17Sep, Ep 68)
Episode 70 - I’m reading this Jeff
Google Event (08Oct, Ep 71) RIP Google +
Cards Against humanity 99% off sale (27Nov, Ep 76)
Second Segment
Best tech of 2018 (Ervin | Matt)
Smartphone pick -
- Pixel 3s Camera | iPhone XS
iPhone XS Max | Pocophone F1
OnePlus 6T | OnePlus 6T
Game Console Pick -
- Souljaboy game pad | Souljaboy game pad
PS4 Pro | Nintendo Switch
Nintendo Switch | PS4 Pro
Home tech pick -
- iPad Pro | iPad Pro
Apple Watch Series 4 | Google Home
Lenovo Smart Display | TCL Televisions
Most exciting thing about 2019 (speculate)
Biggest improvement -
- iOS on iPad | Siri gets a lot better
YouTube rewind | tablet software experiences get some love
Apples naming scheme | Souljaboy makes a comeback
Biggest fear -
- Mark Zuckerberg | Yea that one
China | Data Breaches Galore
Logan Paul | Dr Fuji’s CES Vaporware
Big 3 phone speculation (apple, google, samsung) -
- Notches are done, Moving to cutouts | Samsung kills the headphone jack
Budget iPhone - Sub $400 | USB-C iPhone
DSLR Level Cameras | Google drops fingerprint scanner
Miscellaneous-
- Foldable budget phones
Pocophone F2
Let’s guess and speculate, and see if we were wrong come next Dec
Review Us! Notes - Plugs, worthy mentions, etc.